US Senate votes to repeal measure that gave go-ahead for 2003 invasion of Iraq

Decision not expected to affect current deployments but lawmakers increasingly seeking to claw back congressional power

The US Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an effort to return a basic war power to Congress from the White House 20 years after an authorization many now say was a mistake.

Iraqi deaths are estimated in the hundreds of thousands and nearly 5,000 US troops were killed after George W Bush's administration falsely claimed Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.